The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

Inspired By Caribbean Mythology, Legend, or Folklore
  The nations include; Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 

  A myth is a traditional story that usually describes the origin of a person or place; folklore is a collection of fictional stories involving people or animals, and a legend is a story that claims to be rooted in history, but does not have any legitimate verification. 
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The Island of Eternal Love by Daína Chaviano

The Island of Eternal Love

La Habana oculta #4

Daína Chaviano

318 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional slow-paced
Popisho by Leone Ross

Popisho

Leone Ross

471 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Soucouyant by David Chariandy

Soucouyant

David Chariandy

220 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

326 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

The Salt Roads

Nalo Hopkinson

13 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull

We Are the Crisis

Convergence Saga #2

Cadwell Turnbull

350 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ challenging dark medium-paced
Eu, Tituba: Bruxa negra de Salem by Maryse Condé

Eu, Tituba: Bruxa negra de Salem

Maryse Condé

252 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Blue by Emmelie Prophète

Blue

Emmelie Prophète

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

335 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad medium-paced
Augustown by Kei Miller

Augustown

Kei Miller

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced